Oakland's plan to bring in former New York Police Commissioner and ex-Los Angeles Police Chief William Brattonto help reshape the city's troubled Police Department will come at a price - $250,000, to be exact.

That's on top of the $100,000 that the city is already paying Bratton's associate, Bob Wasserman, who was hired by the city last year to make suggestions for improving the department.

One of those suggestions was to hire Bratton.

The revised $350,000 contract will come to the City Council for approval Jan. 15.

A source who knows Bratton well says the star cop is hardly a hands-on, detail-oriented manager who's likely to make huge strides in dealing with Oakland's surging crime or shortage of cops.

But Mayor Jean Quan's office insists Bratton will be a good addition - with one assignment being to tweak the department's CompStat crime-tracking system that he first helped create in L.A.

"He's recognized as one of the best minds in policing," said Sean Maher, spokesman for the mayor.

"He has a great reputation - I just hope that whatever he suggests doesn't wind up on the same bookshelf as all the other reports that the city has paid for and never implemented," said Barry Donelan, head of the Oakland Police Officers Association.

Bike felony: After nine months, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascónshows little sign of backing down on his pursuit of a felony conviction against Chris Bucchere, the bicyclist charged with fatally striking a 71-year-old pedestrian in a Castro neighborhood crosswalk.

The felony case has no known precedent, and the stakes are high - a manslaughter conviction for gross negligence could land Bucchere in state prison for as long as six years.

Sources familiar with the case tell us Bucchere and his lawyer have rejected talk of pleading guilty to anything more serious than a misdemeanor. Bucchere's attorney, Ted Cassman, did not return calls seeking comment.

Prosecutors believe they have evidence that Bucchere ran several stop signs before sailing through a red light at Castro and Market streets and hitting Sutchi Hui of San Bruno, who was walking with his wife. She was unharmed.

Bucchere has said the light was still yellow when he entered the intersection. But prosecutors reconstructing the March 29 accident concluded even if that were the case, he still had 3 1/2 seconds after the light turned red to safely clear the intersection before the lights going the other direction turned green and Hui stepped off the sidewalk.

As for what incentive Bucchere might have to accept a felony plea?

Prosecutors say that depending how it plays out, he could avoid prison time by doing community service.

"It's too simplistic to say George Gascón is just trying to win some political points by being tough," said Peter Keane, a Golden Gate University law professor and former chief assistant public defender. "There are much more consequential factors - involving the quality and safety of modern urban life as it relates to the use of bicycles - that are being played out in this case."

Bucchere is due back in court Tuesday, when a judge is scheduled to set a preliminary hearing.

Yee's predecessor from District Seven, fiscal tightwad Sean Elsbernd, was one of only two supervisors who made do with two aides.

Elsbernd put the $60,000 he saved over the past six months into park improvements.

"Sean's decision is Sean's decision," Yee said. "But I think it's real important for me not to pretend that I can keep up with the other supervisors when they are already seasoned, with three aides."

Packing heat: Just a single permit was issued in San Francisco in 2012 to carry a concealed weapon, and it went to jewelry wholesaler George P. Lam.

Lam says he arms himself only when he's making big deliveries around town.

"I'm scared and not going out too much," Lam told us in halting English.

If Police Chief Greg Suhrhad his way, nobody would be getting concealed-weapons permits here - though he did sign off on Lam's after the jeweler cleared a lengthy vetting that included a state background check.

"Our process will be as tough as can be before we give one," Suhr said.